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MySQL Arithmetic
Posted on: October 6, 2010 By Deepak Kumar

Arithmetic operators are used to perform mathematical operations on two expressions to negate, add, subtract, multiply, and divide numeric values.

MySQL Arithmetic

This example illustrates how to use arithmetic operator in the MySQL.

Arithmetic operators are used to perform mathematical operations on two expressions to negate, add, subtract, multiply, and divide numeric values. In this example we use arithmetic operators +, /, -, * and %.

SQL Arithmetic Operators:

Operator	Definition
+	Addition
-	Subtraction
*	Multiplication
/	Division
%	Modulus

Examples:

Query	Output
select 3+5;	+-----+ \| 3+5 \| +-----+ \| 8 \| +-----+
select 5/3;	+--------+ \| 5/3 \| +--------+ \| 1.6667 \| +--------+
select 3-5;	+-----+ \| 3-5 \| +-----+ \| -2 \| +-----+
select 3%5;	+-----+ \| 3%5 \| +-----+ \| 3 \| +-----+
select 20%5;	+------+ \| 20%5 \| +------+ \| 0 \| +------+
select 3*5;	+-----+ \| 3*5 \| +-----+ \| 15 \| +-----+